Sunday, 13 February 2011

Say Cheese!

I can't tell you how much I love this tin I got recently. It's just perfect - a photo of a doll, in a chalet style window, with very artificial flowers. And on a biscuit tin. Love. It. I was so excited when I saw it on ebay, and so delighted when nobody else bid on it!

Here's another splendidly kitsch photo of a doll. I've been collecting vintage postcards and greeting cards with kitschy photos of dolls and toys for many years. I really prefer them if they're quite badly executed and the props are all to different scales.

This mad-looking moustachioed teddy is a classic. Teddies in general seem to feature a lot. Like this card...

I love all the little details in this. I've wanted to try to take some kitschy doll photos for ages. So the other week, I finally did some little set-ups of my own. I posted them on my Flickr photostream, so apologies if you've already seen these. The first one was a Mexican doughnut shop. (Because I like the Mexican doll and his moustache.) Here's one corner of it.

The second is a more traditional﻿ afternoon tea. Hmm, I think that wallpaper is a bit too 'busy'. I'll have to change it. I'm definitely going to try some more!

doll photos are fantastic, theres a story waiting to be told,i wonder do they need a blog of there own??i have fancy notions of doing something similar , it's kinda like being a kid again isn't it ? have you seen this blog http://mouseshouses.blogspot.com/thanks for your comment on mine....